This week (Nov. 21 – 27) is National Conservation Week in Mexico and the beautiful Schuk Toak Visitors Center of the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve will be celebrating its 2nd anniversary. As part of the festivities, organizers from the Visitors Center called on local artists to submit paintings as part of the First Schuk Toak painting contest. The paintings have been collected, and cash prizes will be awarded to the first three places during anniversary celebrations on Nov. 25 at the Center.
The entire week will be filled with activities for both children and adults, including lectures, gazing at the stars under the night sky with an astronomy club from Caborca (8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26), a walk to the nearby Sierra Blanca while identifying regional flora (Sunday, Nov. 27), fun activities for kids, and movies beginning each day at 6 p.m. in the spacious media hall at the Center, as well as a 22 km mountain bike tour on Sunday, Nov. 27. (You can view these activities under the Calendar area of RockyPoint360.com)
The Directors Film Cycle presented by the group “First Take Movie Club, A.C.” have also lined up the following films as part of Conservation Week activities (all are at 6 pm at the Schuk Toak Visitors Center): Monday – You will meet a dark stranger (Woody Allen, 2010); Tuesday – Hereafter (Clint Eastwood, 2010); Wednesday – The tree of life (Terrence Malick, 2011); Thursday – Precious (Lee Daniels, 2009); and Friday – Black Swan (Darren Aranofsky, 2010).
Friday, Nov. 25th, will include anniversary celebrations at the Schuk Toak Visitors Center with art exhibitions, awards for the painting contest, and a classical guitar concert. Click here for a brief glimpse into the beauty of the Pinacate Reserve, and the Visitors Center.
2nd Anniversary of the Schuk Toak Visitors Center
Friday, Nov. 25, evening program
6:00 pm Iron sculpture expo by Ricardo Monjarráz
Exhibition and sale of Seri artisanry, Exhibition and sale of artisanry with recycled materials
7:30 pm Award ceremony for first Schuk Toak Painting Contest
8:00 pm Conference presentation concerning Ethnicities within the Sonoran Desert by Dr. Alberto Tapia Landeros
8:45 pm Classical guitar concert with Francisco Javier Galván
Info: Tel: (638) 108-0011 Email: pinacate@conanp.gob.mx
The entrance to the Visitors Center is located along Peñasco-Sonoyta highway No. 8 at km. 72, about 15 minutes outside of Peñasco as you head north. The well paved access road winds along the side of Sierra Blanca before reaching the building, built atop the Ives lava flow. New site in Spanish (English version to come soon) www.visitaelpinacate.com
